Czechia refuses Russia’s summons to UN Security Council meeting

Czechia has sent the UN Security Council a letter explaining its refusal to take part in a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia on Saturday over the attack on Belgorod near the Ukrainian border. Russia specifically requested Czechia’s presence at the meeting, claiming that the attack, which caused 18 deaths and many injuries, was carried out with Czech-made weapons. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said Czechia would not be summoned anywhere by an aggressor to serve their lies and propaganda. When Russia wants to discuss the withdrawal of its occupying forces at the UN Security Council, we will be happy to come," Lipavský wrote on the social network X.

In a letter to the UN Security Council, Czechia says it regrets every loss of life caused by the senseless war of aggression which Russia has been waging against Ukraine for almost two years, but emphasizes that it is Russia which is responsible for the loss of life on both sides. It says Russia has repeatedly used the UN Security Council as a platform for spreading disinformation and propaganda and it has no reason to believe that this meeting would be any different.

At the meeting, Moscow said Ukraine had used Czech-made RM-70 Vampire rocket launchers in the attack on Belgorod, but presented no evidence for its claims.